Abstract:Because the secondary system structure of smart substation is changed compared with that of conventional substation, it is difficult to determine the specific fault cause and locate the fault equipment in case of secondary circuit communication fault. A fault location method for secondary circuit of protection systems in smart substation based on evidential reasoning(ER) algorithm is proposed. Based on the configuration file of smart substation, the diagram of secondary logical circuit and physical circuit is obtained, and the mapping between logical circuit and physical circuit is completed. Then, the alarm information in the substation is collected according to packet capture technology, and the set of suspicious components is listed by the method of proof table. Finally, ER algorithm is applied to confirm the faulty equipment in the set of suspicious faulty components, which has a reference significance for substation maintenance.